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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS Fruit Stain?. It is a good plan to keep a bottle of T0 Javellc water haudv and wet the stained articles with thi- before they are put into the wash. If thi* is done the stains will be completely removed. If you cannot get the Javellc water, the next best ^ thing i ' a solution of chloridc of lime put into one quart of water; shake it Sl.e thoroughly, and a ter allowing it to settie, pour otf the clear fluid and bottle for 0f , use. This is used the same as Javelle water, exccpt ths^t the articles to which this solution has been applied mu>t be w thoroushlv rin-ed in clear water before the being put into iuds. Jjj* To Can Corn. tia Use glass can-, and be sure they are UU] perfect. Cat the com from the cob, press 0f it into the cans <y?*ith a potato masher) 0j till the milk flows over. i'ut on the rub- see ber and the top. and screw down tight. pe( Place them in a boiler with sticks on the bottom, pour in cold water enough to jn about two-thirds cover them. Boil five ?v hours. When about half cooked, remove US? a can at a time, tighten the top. and re- t place. Use fre-h corn, and begin and finish the canning in one day. Any ama- tjr( teur can successfully can corn if she will CUI follow the above directions. The reason ? so many failure3 iu canning occur is be- fre -1 ? {n litflo Miinfrs. j , cause ui tim.ic-a.um iu ?v..v 0? ye, The rubbers must be perfect of their er? kind. New rubbers can be had at the an house-furnishing store. The cans must cja be perfectly clean and sweet, and every jec stage of the process conducted with ex- jQa actness. And even then, as with bread, the mo^t careful housekeeper will some- res times fail and get "down oa her luck." na{ it ^ Kecipes. cor Lemon Hoxey.?One grated lemon, i rind and all, one and one-half cup of geg sugar, one-half cup ot' butter, one cup of sm water, two tablespoonful of corn-starch. pe, Cook till thick, stirring while cooking. gm Nice as a sauce or to put between layer wj, cake. cf Butter Scotch.?One cup of molas?p? two cud6 of sucrar. one and one-half teaspoons soda, ouq, teaspoon vanilla, piece of butter size of an egg. Boil with- , out stirring until it hardens on a spoon. ,. Pour out on buttered plates to cool. Always add flavoring last. Beet Salad.?Slice cold, boiled wi beets; cut into neat strips, line a salad wi bowl with white, crisp lettuce, heap the th< beets in the centre and pour mayonnaise to dressing over them ,us: belore it goes to on the table, or you can pass the dressing fj0 with the salad in an ice-cold pitcher or a ho pretty bowl with a ladle in it. ap . Batter and Fkvit Ptddixg.?Chop ctf up one pound of apples and put them iu ter a greased pudding basin (gooseberries, cm plums or any otl.er fruit will dot, and an sprinkle sugar over th?m; now make a di< batter of one cgjx. six ounces flour and to Kronlrfnat cunfiil of milk: one half a Br vuv " ? ? ?i teaspoonful of baking powder mu?t be coi added to the flour; when the batter is ag smooth press it over the fruit and steam Fa gently for one hour; care must be taken (2. that the water rennins boiling and does of not evaporate too i :ch. inj Tomato Sorr.?Two quarts raw toma- "* toes; put on the fi:e and boil fitteeu min- Sf utes; drain off the water. In another S1' saucepan put three ounces of butter with rtr! two carrot3, two onions and three ounces ^ of ham, all cut in pieces and a garnished lnJ bunch of parsley. Fry slowly tiftecn Sl minutes; add three tablespoonfuls of flour; mix well; aid the tomatoes with two quarts of veal broth; season with 13 salt and white pepper and a little red ev pepper. Cook slowly two hours; pass Pr ~B _1" ~ wall- orlrl ftlumn I ^ mrougu u sMiu ..v,.., ? r of butter and a little sugar. serve with ?ei squares of bread fried in butter. Toast.?Many .seem to think that they have made toast when they brown the F outside of a slice oi bread. Have they? The object in making toast is to evnpor- \ ' ate all moisture from the bread, and a holding a slice ov r the fire to singe does 1 not accomplish this; it only warms the , moisture, making the inside of the j bread doughy and decidedly indigesti- . ble. The true w;iy of preparing it is to . cut the bread intu slices a quarter of an , inch thick, trim olf all crust, put the slices into a pan or plate, place them into an oven?which must not be too hot 5 ?take them out whsn a delicate brown yfl and butter at once. Geneva Waferf?Well whisk two "1( eggs; put them into a basin and stir to ? them three ounces of butter, wnicn must i be beaten to a cream: add three ounces flour and sifted sugar gradually, and \sa mix all well together. Butter a bakingsheet, and drop on a teaspoonful of the ^. mixture at a time, leaving a space be- , tween each. Bake in a cool oven: watch the picces of paste, and when half done, 8U roll them up like wafers, and put in a R" email wedge of bread or piece of wood to keep them in shape; place them in < the oven again until crisp. Before serv- . ing remove the bread; but a spoonful of ^ preserve in the widest end, and fill up with whipped crenin. Care of the Hair. a ] A prevalent idea is that which asserts j?? that frequent brushing and stimulation " of the scalp with a hard brush is the P0! proper treatment of the hair. Nothing is a, more contrary to scientific experience and fact. All authorities on the treatment of the skin and hair agree in saying that the u^e of t!ic hard brush, as too commonly used, is destructive to the mi hairs. The skin is irritated by hard brushing. The Uaira are broken and in braised by such treatment, and the idea that scurf is removed by this practice is tei delusive, for scurf forms faster than before. The hair-brush, therefore, should , be soft. I)r. Pi nous says: "To work 0 away at the head, to smooth naturally curly hair, or, as is sometimes intended, ari to curl smooth hair, or to remove all the scurf from the he id. is 'very pernicious."' is The ordinary hair-brush, of soft texture, bi is as ijood a bru-h as one need use. The bristles should not be set too closely or tr be too stiff in texture. The wire brushes 8ti in use are also useiui. ineir excellence is derived from 1he same conditions which make an o:dinary soft,pliant hair- gv brush pleasant to use.?Ilcrald of Health. The Pecan Tree. ?1 The pecan tree is found in a wild state in the woods of the various sections of the South und West. It grows to a w very large size, and bears yearly many re bushels of fine flavored nuts. Though little or no attention has been paid to vi these valuable trees, cultivation greatly m improves them, the nut growing much ti larger and improving in flavor. The pecan tree lives to a great a^e, and continues long in bearing. There is no good tl reason why it should not be grown ex- tl tensively in all parts of the United tl States. It is well adapted to any kind of soil, doing well on rocky hills and waste land. There is no nut or fruit tree more ^ valuable and requiring so little atten- (j, tion. The nuts always find ready sale at Q. fancy prices. In planting the trees the only object >3 to obtain good fresh nuts, and of a good early variety, of large 8' size, from which to grow the trees. If rc it is preferred to set out the plants, get 81 healthy trees of a good variety one to ai two years old.?Scientific American. AGRICULTURAL PICSOF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN. Selecting Seed Corn. rhe losses that occur every year from employment of defective or inferior d corn ought to impress every fanner h the necessity of a careful selection seed at time of harvesting the crop, aile the corn is yet standing in the ds this selection can be re:.dily and !* ?* 1? ? * fltft />Ann nn pn in LICIUUSIY IllUUC, uut iu^ v,vi u VUVV *? ! bins the farmer labors under serious advantages. In selecting se:-d four nt-j should be taken into consideran?first, earlincssof maturity; second, nber of cars upon a stalk; third, size the stalks, and fourth, perfection of the cars. Like produces like with d as with animals. One cannot exit to produce a large crop of corn en, for instance, five 6talks have grown a hill and but one has borne an ear. ery farmer knows that such corn is :lesc for seed. The best ear for seed-corn is the one it is uniform in size throughout its en; length, with straight rows and with ly-formed grains the entire length, teed corn must be gathered before ezing weather and placed where it will pn immediately to dry. In the northi belt of States this drying question is important one, for if the corn?espelly the larger varieties?be not subted to favorable conditions for dryso that the seed corn will become irougHy cured, cob included, it will ult in failure through la-k of germiing powers, while if properly cured M' - ? ? nlmAcf onr VI11 sprout RUU grOW UUUCl UiLLivsav auj idition. Uany farmers after having dried their d corn store it in the lofts of their okehouses in order that it may become meated with the creosote from the oke there, and thus gain a protection, ien planted, against the depredations field mice, worms aud squirrels.? w York Wocld. Remedy for Horse Distemper. When an animal comes down with the itemper it should be placed in a quiet, nfortable enclosure, where there is an undanceof pure air and sunlight. The ndows of the stall should be covered th a netting of some kind to keep out i riies, which are very annoying, even a healthy animal. Feed upon cut iss and bran mashes, with an occamal mess of apples or potatoes. Most rses will prefer the former. Sour pies sometimes appear to have a better ect than sweet fruit in cases of disnper. Medicines should be given with ution. Quinine is one of the latest, d probably the most valuable of remea for distemper. In a communication the Winterset Madiaonian, Mr. L. oadhead, well known throughout the untry as the able superintendent and eut of the worid-renowed "Woodburn rm, Lexington, Ky., where Maud S. Ofctj) and a host of the brilliant lights tlic turf wnre hred. makes the follow j suggestions in treating distemper: Jive weanlings from fifteen to twenty ains of quinine a day. We generally i'C this quantity once a day, but when st taken and the fever is high give out fifteen grains twice a day, morn? and night. If the attack is mild, ve but one dose daily until the disease s left the system. The quinine allays 3 fever, sooths the inflamed throat and an excellent touic. So far it has cured cry case we have had, wnich, to the esent time, numbers not less th in 150. the early spring we had several very rere cases tliat I :im sure we should ve lost had it not been for the quinine. iese were yearlings and we gave twenty a n at a dose twice a day. Older rses can have thirty grains at a dose, jrning and night, making sixty grains ilv. Whenever fever exists in an aniil's system,no matter from what cause, e qui jine freely. It is almost a specific r lung fever, or pneumonia, when ministered in season. I have cured o cases of lock-jaw in sucklings th quinine and altrophia, twenty oops of the latter to a dose. "We are t particular to weigh the quinine. We less at a dose, put it in a spoon, pull e animal's tongue aside without eleting its head, insert the spoon in its juth, turn it over and wipe on the ngue, as it is withdrawn from the auth. It is easily administered in this inner, and the animal gets it all. It perfectly safe, and there is little if any ,nger in giving too much. I have used linine four or five yc.irs. and always th good results." Quinine can be obined of any druggist, and in getting a pplv we would recommend having it it up in powders of twenty grains each; en if thirty-grain do*es are wanted for ^rown animal, t ike three powders, dide one equally and add it to the other 'o, or if fifteeu-grain doses are wanted r a weanling, take one-fourth, as near can be estimated, from cach of these wders. aud place the three portions in paper by itself. This will give four wders of fifteen gra ns each. He carel to get the pure article. It is nn exnsivc drug, and when it is offered at low price is pretty sure to have been ulterated.?Amer,can Cultivator. Farm and Garden Notes. Ducks usually bring a higher price in irket than hens. Do not let foul weeds go to seed either fields or roadsides. Don't allow the flies to torment your ims if you can help it. Soft soap is recommended as a remedy r cholera in chickens. If you whip the horse for shying you e making the habit worse. A dust of sulphur while the dew is on said to be effective against the striped lSPrune out all useless wood from young ees, and bring their heads into proper ape. Some persons prize charcoal highly as preventive and cure of costiveuess in irine. Keeping the pores of farm animals )en is us essential to their thrift as ithing is to our health. A wceK oi exposure to mc not sun ill injure the horse rake, mower and aper more than a whole season's use. Throw a little straw under the tomato nes, to keep the fruit clemi and ground oist, making much finer fruit and connuiug it longer. If you wish the pigs to grow feed them 1 the grass they can eat. Don't turn 1cm loose in the clover field, but cut le grass and throw it over the pen tc lcm. Be sure that the ground floor in the aultry house is enough higher than the irrounding ground to keep it perfect!} ry. Damp floors are very productive fdisease. A few trees, eve-greens and flowering mibs planted among the hives help tc :move the sameness of the scene, and in jminer give a grateful shade to the bees ad their keeper. The Erreatcst kindness vou can do to i young chick is to simply leave it alone for the first twenty-four hours of its ex- I istence. There will be little difficulty experienced in getting it to eat after- , ward. Most of the applesthat fall before they are fully ripe contain worms, and unless these are destroyed they emerge from the fruit in a short time and enter the earth or find a hiding place under the bark of the tree. Use the scales on the farm in order to more accurately keep an account of all sales and purchases, as well as the amount of food allowed. Every meal should be weighed, and the gain or loss of flesh carefully observed. In buying pigs for breeding stock the best is the cheapest, though it costs a little more money. The reason why breeders justify themselvei in saviug runts, is because some men are thoughtless enough to buy them at a low price. All small apples and others defective m form or damaged by worms have their best market on the farm as food for animals. If packed with sound fruit, even in small proportion, they reduce the price of all often to the point of loss Bees do not work as well in a hive exEosed to the sun. In midday, when very ot, all work on the inside,such as combbuilding and storing honey, has to be suspended. Sometimes comb^meltdown, and the brood dies in the heat of the sun. The varnish on carriages is often ruined by being housed where ammonia arises from horse manure therein. This may be avoided by sprinkling plaster freely. It also makes the stables healthier for horses. But carriages should be kept in a separate building. When wood nuts, especially those of i the beech, are plentiful, much reliance is placed on them for early feeding of hogs. These nuts are very oily and-the pork they make is not of the first quality. It is soft and fries away badly unless the pigs are afterward fed with corn. Probably a feeding of oats or peas daily while running in the woods might make the pork much better. It is a question with some good wneat i growers whether the manure should | be applied before the first plow- | ing or afterward, but the prevailing ten- j deucy is toward plowing first, then to draw and spread the manure on the surface and afterward work it into the soil in subsequent cultivation. The manure I is thus kept nearer the surface, where it | is bslieved to do the most good. Sweet apples are generally considered | much more valuable for feeding than sour, but there is less difference than many suppose. If well ripened, even sour apples contain a good deal of sweet, which is to the taste overcome by a slight disproportion of acid. Those who have fed sour ripe apples find them nearly or quite as nutritive as sweet ones. They should not, however, be given to hogs which have corn in the ear, as this will make the pigs' teeth sore. If left to themselves sheep will retire at night to the most elevated, part of the field. This is a relic of the time when they were wild and such precaution was necessary that they might guard against approaching danger from wild animals But the fact has its advantages. The knolls that sheep select for their sleeping placcs are generally originally poor, but sheep will soon enrich them. The grass also is Bweeter than on low land and sheep are less liable to disease. A strong nest of bumblebees in the big clover field is worth $20 to the owner, for these insects are the chief agents in fertili'ing the blossoms, thereby insuring a heavy crop of seed. In Australia j there are no bumblebees of our kind, ! and they could not raise clover seed there until they imported some bumblebees. In this connection Professor Shelton, of Kansas, remarks that in Kansas bumble- ! bees are almost unknown, yet nowhere ! are such crops of clover seed grown as in Kansas. Where the object of fall plowing is to expose the soil to thorough pulverization by frost, getting it done early is not important. In fact there is sometimes a gain in leaving it until the surface is | slightly frozen. This turned to the bottom of the furrow hold, it up, and less I freezing is requiied to pulverize the j whole mass. But if a heavy sod is to be fall plowed, have the work done early j enough so that the sod may partly rot this lall. If not, it will be a bad piece to put hoed crops in next season. The respective advantages of thick and thin seeding depend u(>on circumstances, some of which cannot be known at time of seeding. So far as the weather is concerned sowing a crop will always be something like taking a ticket in a lottery. As a rule, the richer and better i fitted the ground, the less seed will b; required of small grain. But with corn I the reverse is true. On very poor soil in | the South it is a common practice to make | hills of corn three and a half and some- j times four feet apart, and allow only two stalks to the hill. The ground meat that Is used by poultrymen and purchased as a fine powder is first pressed with powerful machinery in order to extract all the oil and then ground. In order to derive all the oil the meat must be thoroughly heated, and steam is used for that purpose, the pressure being applied while the steam is passing through the meat, which thoroughly cooks it. The bones are allowed to remain with the meat, as the marrow is also extracted, and that which the | poultrymen procures is rcauy jusi. wuui j he desires?the nitrogenous matter. The meat is the refuse of hotels, the otM of slaughter house?, and even the pickings of the slop barrels, all of which is thoroughly disinfected during the process of stamp.ng. Heat Holidays. The so called hitzferien (heat holidays'), which are now established by law in Germany and Switzerland, deserve imitation everywhere. When the thermometer reaches a certain point lessons must ccase. Throughout Prussia the observ- I ance of this regulation is compulsory in ! all private as wdl as in public schools. I Indeed, the private school in Prussia is I fast becoming public, since no director I or proprietor of a piivatc school is al- I lowed to employ as a teacher, either malo i or female, any uncertificated person, j while even the books u*ed in private j schools are bound to be legitimate school j editions. During the coming term, foi -?-* i 1 -- instance, at u prjvuiu scuuui m iviuui there are at least twenty English girls, j the mistress has received a notification 1 that she must use a Schulausgabe of i Schiller in order that the pupils may em ploy the new spelling which the Minister of Education now demands. The Basel government has just issued a new regulation for the hitzferien in the Basel | schools. When the temperature rises to I twenty degrees (Kcaumus) in the shade , at ten o'clock in the morning, holiday 1 is to be proclaimed to the scholars until! the afternoon. Two such holidays were I ! proclaimed during the heat of last week. > to the no small delight of the boys and girls, whose jubilant, greeting of the an! nouncement could be heard from the open windows of the gymnasium.?Pali i Mall OautU. CURIOUS CLOCKS. ~ 1 STORIES or SOME WONDERFUL \ TIMEPIECES. The Emperor of China's Presents? i A Clock of Olden Times?A Re- z m&rkable Piece of Mech- ? anisin in Scotland. ' Many years ago two clocks of great ingeuuity and elegant workmanship were i . made in London and presented to the Emperor of China by the Ea3t India j ^ Company, a wealthy organization en- 1 gagi;d in commerce. Each clock was ! made in the form of a chariot, in which was placed the figure of a lady leaning 1 her right hand upon a part of the char- J iot; and under it was the clock of curious workmanship. It was smaller than 1 a silver twenty-five cent piece, would repeat and strike tbe hours and would go ' tor eight days. Upon the linger of the i c lady sits a bird, finely modeled, set with diamonds and rubies, with its tiny wings extended in a flying posture. By touching a diamond button the bird would actually flutter for a time. The body of the bird, although it contained a part of the wheels that gave motion to the clock, was not more than one-sixteenth of an inch in size. The lady held in her left hand a gold tube, not much thicker than a large pin, on the top of which was a small round box to which was fixed a circular movement set with diamonds and not much larger than a ten cent cent piece. Over the lady's head, supported by a small fluted pillar, was a double umbrella. The pillar was no larger than a quill. Under the largest umbrella a bell was fixed at a considerable distance from the clock with which it seemed to have no connection; but in reality communication was secretly conveyed to a hammer that regularly struck the hour, and repeating "the same at pleasure by the touching of a diamond button fixed to the clock below. A.t the feet of the lady was a gold dog, and before it, from the point of the chariot, were two birds fixed on spiral springs, the wings and feathers of which were set \ with iewels of various colors, and ap- i pcarcd as if flying away with the chariot. I From another secret motion the chariot 1 was made to run in a straight, circular, ' or indeed any direction. Above the umbrella were flowers and ornaments of J precious stones, and it terminated with a flying dragon, ornamented in a similar j manner. The whole clock was made of , gold, most delicately executed and em- , bellished with rubies and pearls. i A wonderful piece of mechanism j known as the Clepsydra, or water clock, was oncc upon a time presented by j> i Turk.of high rank to Charlemagne. In : the dails of the clock were twelve doors opening at the hours which they repre- 1 sented,and little balls equaling the hours 1 in number appeared and struck the tioie upon a brazen bell. The doors continued ; open until noon, when twelve knights, mounted on horseback, issued forth, one from each door, and after parading around the dial of the clock shut themselves in j again. In the tower of the Town House in the ' City of Heidelberg, Germany, there ex- ] isted many years ago a clock so constructed that when the hours struck the j figure of an old man pulled off his hat, a cock orowed and clapped his wings, and bands of soldier) appeared and fought ! with each other. This curious piece of workmanship was burned in the year , 169H, together with the castle and town. < In olden times there was a remarkable 1 clock in the cathcd -al at London. Every hour two ho: semen came out ot the clock 1 to encounter each o :her,a door flew open \ disclosing the Yirg n Mary on a throne, with Christ in her arms, people arc , ?~ rl iir#Jcont! n rr cr\ftQ flnH , ^utuuicu. aiuuuu j?t?? ? two trumpeters are sounding their horns, j This clock also showed the month, day , of the month and all of the festivals and holidays of the year. In the Village of Pittenween in Scotland, about fifty years ago, there was I made and exhibited by Mr. Smith, a < clock and watch maker of that place, an 1 automatical clock which, from the de- j scription given of it at that time, appears , to have equaled anything of the kind ] ever produced. It comprehended a very i striking illustration of the musical and 1 religiouj. character of the people of Scotland. The case, which was of the finest i mahogany, was seven feet high, with j fluted columns upon each side. The up- i per part of the clock was ornamented j with carving, fiet work and gilding, with a golden bird having wings extended standing in the center. The case l o liirnrfk pi irht-Hmr musical I tUUUUUCU U ? clock, with three dial plates and a chime i of sixteen bells. The whole clock was \ divided into five different parts, each ot which had its own particular weight. Tbe first was the going part; the second kept a small musical band in motion. < The band played a favorite tunc over J once before striking the hour. The third ( part struck the hour; the fourth moved , a large musical band, containing eight < celebrated Scotch tunes, one of which ' played every three hours, with great ex- ' actness. The front dial plate or face J which was about eighteen inches in diameter, had an arch which showed the i hours, min..tcs and seconds, with I the name and date of the month, 1 without variation during the entire year, even on the 2Sth of February. The clock | turned out all the odd days in one night i and brought out the 1st of March on the t following morning. In the plate there were aho two small hands, one of which di?covcrcd the day of the week. "When , Sunday came there appeared the words: i "Hcraembcr Sunday," and at 12 o'clock the music stopped playing until 12 o'clock on Sunday night. The music then began again and continued until the next S.ittinlfiv ni<rht On th:; riVht hand was an ""n""* "o? other dial plate eight inches wide, with an arch. It contained a hand that pointed to the name of the tune the clock played. , The dial plate ou the left was of the same size as the one on the right. It ; represented the front of a house with a . door in the middle. At each side of the door stood a sentinel, with his arms, in the livery of the city guard of Edinburgh painted on brass. In the inside of I the center of the door was seen the macer ' or clerk of the lords of the council, dressed in his robes with his mace in ( his right hand. As soon ns the clock ( b 'gan to play he took off his hat with J his right hand and walked passed the 1 door, followed l?y fifteen loids in pro- 1 cession. The liguies were painted od ' tinn brass ana very mu n rescmuicu mc. , All this wa? but a part of Ih's wondtrfu. eight day clock.?JJetroit l'ree Pirns. Not for Smokers. 1 Some lady who has more rover .nee foi ' the inspiration she draws from Helicon than for that imported from Havam comes down after the following manue) upon the patrons of the weed: May never lady pre s his lips, His proffered love returning, Who makes a furnace of his mouth And keeps its chimney burning. . May each true woman shun his sisht, I For fear his fumes might choke her, I And none but those who smoke themselves Have kisses for a smoker. ' (Jnccr Animal Simulations. dt In the aquarium at Naples the custode jy the waving of a wand makes what leem small tracts ot gravel rise from the "~ jed of the tanks, and as they swim iway you see that they are Hat fish (in lis simulated English he calls ihem "fat iish*') like plaice, marked all over with in exquisitely simulate 1 mosaic of variejated gravel, quite und'stingui*hable rom that amid which they take their est. Most startling it is when lying in the loontide shade of the woods of Southern Europe to see bits of bright green or dull rray or russet which you had looked t ipon as leaves suddenly seem to take to |jj ;hemselve8 wings and fly away. There fl s an insect whose long, thin body is a I jerfect ditto of the dry twig on which 1 ic perches, and while he perches he t aps a lis small diaphanous wings with such " apidity as to make them invisible to the 1?il1 p/.non /-vf 4-V*Knmon nKaorvAr* mnrp itartling still it is, therefore, when this ieeming twig finally dashes away into ipace. Butterflies and moths, too. are )ften pictures of the flowers on which 1] ;hey alight.?Notes and Queries ^ Mr. Chas. Powell, postmaster, Terre Haute, writes that two of his very finest chickens vere recently affected with roup. He saturaed a piece of bread half an inch square with 3t. Jacobs Oil and fed it to them. Next day le examined them and there was no trace of he disease remaining. t< Throughout the province of Ontario, Can- * i-la, the average rent of farming land is $2.75 c< Jeracre. lc Colored people in the South are said to pay t< axes on $00,000,000. &i Mr. E. R. Wilson, Grand Rapids, Mich, re- el >orts the case of Mr. H. T. Sheldon, of Lanling, Mich., who for beveral weeks suffered s< Tom a frightful cough and cold, which was 01 ;ured by one bottle of Red Star Cough cure. ii There are in all 4.842 letter carriers em- ? >loved in the various carrier postoffices in th? D Jnited States. f< It is said that from 3,OCO to 4,000 horses are b tilled in Spain yearly in bull-fighting. si (J| Can Consumption be Cured. We hare so often seen fatal results follow n Redeclaration that it can be cured, that we n lave unconsciously settled down in the belief * :hat this disease must necessarily prove fatal It is true that occasionally a community has witnessed an isolated case of what may appropriately be termed spontaneous recover]-, but to what combination of favorable circumstances this remit was due none have hitherto been found able to determine. We have now the gratifying fact to announce that the process by which nature affects this a wonderful change Is no longer a mystery to j the medical profession, and that the changes e brought about in the system under favorable a circumstances by intrinsic causes may be made as certainly and more expeditiously by j Lhe use of the proper remedy. In other words, a nature is imitated And assisted. 2 Tuberculous matter is nothing more or less j than nourishment imperfectly organized. j Now, If we can procure the organization of ^ this food material so that through the process j, of elective affinity it may take its place in the ( system, we can cure the disease. This is just what Piso's Cure for Consumption does. It arrests at once the progress of the disease by 11 preventing the further supply of tuberculous c matter, for while the system is under its influ- * once all nourishment is orgunized nnd assimi- a Jaled. It thus controls cough, expectoration, v night-sweats, hectic fever, and all other characteristic symptoms of Consumption. * Many phVsicians are now using this medi- $ cine, and all write that it comes fully up to its ^ recommendations and makes Consumption one of the diseases they cam readily cure. r The forming stage of a disease is always the si most auspicious lor treatment. This fact q chnn 1#1 indnrA tu?rsnns to resort to the Use of I _ Piso's Cure w6en the cough is llrst noticed, 1 whether it has a consumptive diathesis forits t cause or not. for this remedy cures all kinds of roughs with tinequalcd facility and promptness. In coughs from a simple cold, two or a three doses of the medicine nave been found o auflicient to remove the trouble. So in all dis- 11 eases of the throat and lungs, with symptoms simulating those of Consumption, Piso's Curo a is the only infallible remedy. r The following letter recommending Piso's ? Cure for Consumption, is a fair sample of the rertificatcs received daily by the proprietor of this medicine. t Albion, n. y., Dec. 29,1885. b I had a terrible cough, and two physicians laid 1 would never get well. I then went to a irug storcand asked for a good cough medicine. The druggist gave me Piso's Cure, nnd it lias done me more good than anything lever used. I do not believe I could live without it. 1 LEONORA VERMILYEA An Undoubied Blessing. About thirty years ago a prominent physician by the name of Dr. William Hall discovered, jr produced after long experimental research, ? remedy for the diseases of the throat, chest t ind lungs. which was of such wonderful effl b 2acy that it soon gained a wide reputation in this country. The name of the medicine is Db. Wm. Hall's Balsam for thk Lungs, and | may be safely relied on as a speedy and positive cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, &c. Fob dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of ipirite, general debility,in their various forms, ilso an a preventive against fever and ague and Dther intermittent fevers,the "Ferro-Phosphor* ited Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard & Co.,New York, and sold by all Druggists, Is the best tonic; and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equaL Five dollars saved yearly in boots and shoes j by using Lyon's Heel StifTeners, cost only 25c. s If a cough disturbs your sleep, take Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest well. d All We Ask Of any one Buffering from scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, headache, kidney and liver complaints, that ired feeling, or any disease caused or promoted by Impure blood or low state of the system is that you ' jive Hood's Sarsaparllla a fair trial. We are confl- a lent that the medicinal value of thU peculiar prepa- d ration will soon make Itself felt in restoring health, ' itrength and energy. Do not take other articles ;lalmed to be " Just as good," but be sure to get R Hood's Sarsaparllla. C " My wife had dy/DepsIa. She could not keep her rood down, and had that oppressed feeling after eat- e ng. She had no appetite, and was tired all the time. * tried numerous medicines without being re- ? leved, but the first bottle of Hood's Sarsaparllla did ? tier a great deal of good. She nos now taken two Sottles, and can eat anything the wants without hay- . ng that distress, and has no trouble in retaining her rood." John Battexfield, Marion, Ohio. ^ Hood's Sarsaparllla a f Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared only g t?y C. I. HOOD & Co,, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. 100 Poses One Dollar j COCKLE'S I ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS, j THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY For Liver. Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free from Her- ? eury; contains only Pun* Vegetable Iugre.lient*. ? Agent: C. N. CIllTTEXTOX, Now Vork. f elys catarrh f 11cat cured before thr^H CjjDr?CO?j*J| '1 *co?d bottU o/W.B^^^HFAnl ? Cream Balm was er *^1 si haunted. J was trou WuiyrVVCr> fl! uj $f M *' Med with chronic ca J^| ri tarrh, gathering i <.T iflpB i h?id, dtflcultu i< J&f / _ breathing anil dif BL^/ fLQ^gH I charges from my ems ^RMI -C. J. Cor6(n,923 CAcs.' ^>^>7^1 r nut Sf., rhila. n'ti I Apart dels appliedPMiK--?y^_ 1 I nto ea- It nostril anil IsM AVaCFVF D If igreeab'le to use. I j cts. br mall or \ t urglsts. Send for circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, OweKQ. X. Y. ft A i A A DA Y!-Manufacturlng Hammond'* f Crystal Murllaee Block: Dimply moisten I block and apply to article. Keclpe and other article*, $1; sample block and particulars, lllc. -No capital required. A.M. HAMMOND, Wareham. Mass. 1 II VI I Vllb F.DV. Explanation and testimonials free. Address O. Frisk, lfi;! Broadway, N. Y. ItATCMTC Obtalaed. Send stamp for IIA1 t II I 9 Inventor's Guide. L. SixaI tu.il, Patent Lawyer, Washington, D. C. Wto 88 * day. Samples worth $LSJ FREE Lines not under the hone's feet. Address Bu WSTZk'a S atkt r El I.N Hou>El:, Holly.MljU. , Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers pro- ? ices, in one application, a permanent color. J We have used Ayer's Ague Cure, and have und it invaluable in malarial troubles. K ' ' ' ^ !'' (DAVID TRUMBALL.) low A Farmer's Life Was Saved. fr Ion. S. C. Huntington, Ex-County Judge; Hon. N. B. Smith, District enAttorney, and Sworn Statement of u Others. All of Pnlaakl, Oswego Co., N. Y. Seven years ago my struggle for life began 1th a burning inflammation, (almost as much lot > be dreaded as fire). At first attacking mo 1 1th pain and aching in the back. The least _ jld or over work would aggravate my troub!S. My stomach and liver became deranged, >nguo coated, appetite poor, nerves unstrung ad my sleep troubled. I made a desperate Q Tort to keep about, but In spite of all my reso- U, itions and the help of physicians, found myslf growing worse month by month, and my ce powerful constitution completely break- T; lgdown. I suffered from chronic inflammation u>' f tho kidneys, rheumatism and catarrh of the ?!.' ladder. Blood would rush to my head. I would "? jcl faint and weak, and found it difficult to reatbe at times as my heart would throb and f tip beats. In the spring of 1880 still more C)< ritical symptoms set in. My terrible agony ?? o one could tell. My weight was reduced tii early seventy pounds. A sense of soreness Jjj nd rawness was followed by attacks of Inward ur svor. Wo. H. Filkin's affidavit is herewith >u ;iven: _ J often taw the urine pasted by David Trum- f ball. It looked terrible, at though it tcat hit very life's blood. (Signed) WM. H. FILKINS, Sworn to before me J. W. FENTON?Jus- J1 this 6th day of Nov., tice, Pulaski, Oswego f' 1883. Co., N. Y. it times my back and limbs were so weak, jT could hardly stand or walk. The oftener the d< tfort to void urine, the more frequent the call J nd severer the distress. C On November 21st, 1881, I began taking >r. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Kidney, Liver _ nd Bladder Cure, and applying his U & O mointment. To-day I am 62 years old, and ~ am enjoying excellent health. Iam fre? B rom pains in my back and kidneys, can sleep 1 roll nights, have an excellent appetite and I ndeed I am enjoying life as well as I did light years ago. Dear Doctor, imagine you saw me last hayig time working in the fields sweating to arry along 230lbs. (Which is my present reight?good flesh and solid), and this too ftor not being able to get up from my bed rtthout help by spells for more than a year. Tow I can Jump as quick as a boy. It scetni o much like a miracle. I can not find suitable ingungo to express my thanks. I am in eceipt of letters almost every week, and omctimes twice a week, asking me about my rst testimony published in Dr. Kilmer's nvol ids' Guide to Health, inquiring if it was rue that "I was cured after suffering so much." Now 1 repeat the testimony with sworn proof nd if this will bo the means of inducing some ther sufferer to try your invaluablo Remedies hi ; will pay mo a hundred fold. I am interviewed ? dmost every day and I hear of a great u nany who have tried your Kemodies and peak of them In great praise. | This testimony is true as to my recovery >ut as to my suffering the one-half has not een told. ^ Sworn and subscribed to before mo the 6th j )ay of November, 1883, by David Xrumbaii. t a y /fc- Justice of the Peace * "?wr" < David Trumball whose name is attached to he above testimony is a well-known and ionorable citizen of Pulasitl, Oswego Co., N. Y. JsB' THE above testimony is only m fair illustration * f letters received dally showing the wonderful reults attending theuse of DR. KILMER'S SWAM PtOOT, Kidney, Liver and Bladder Care. J old by Druggists. n Price, $1.00-6 Bottles, 83. If your Druggist q n?a nnr. aril Itaend to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. to BmoHAMToy. V. Y. p DFRMAPICTimT* I UlllVinSl C24 PAGES 14 FOR ONE DOLLAR. I A flrst-clasH Dictionary gotten out at small price to encourage the study of the German Language. It give* English words with the ?rman equivalent*, and Qerman word* with English < eflnlclon*. A very cheap book. Send Sl.Ou to J tOOK PUB. HOUSE* 134 Leonard St., N. P {. City, and get one of tnesc books by return nialL le Rope to Cut Off Horses' Manes- kV lelebr* el'ECLIPSE'HALTER JW ind BRIDLE Combined, cannot JrJ 9K e slipped by any horse. Simple fxVJIK talter to any part of U. S. free, on ecelptoffl. Sol 1 byallSaddler j, Jn Urdwareand Harness Dealers, xW peclal discount to the irade. ijci ?nd for Prloe-Ll't. \ J. C. LIGHTHOUSE, \f Kocheater, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT!! ,nd send to us with Ten Centp, and you will reelve by return mall a package ok hamplks ok ooods, loo two dozen work i so samples, and full lnstruc- A ons for starting a nice, easy business that will, by I roper application, bring in any energetic ladv or cnt Hundreds of Dollars; can be done quietly at ^ omeevonlngs, and a boy or girl ran easily learn it In ? nhour. Address Albany supply Co., Albany, X. Y. ? FRAZERAXLE JEST IN THE WORLD UII CAuC tyuet tiie Genuine. Sold Kverywnere. MNTEDTWOMAN , T enerfry tor business In her locality. Salary $50, j eferences- K. J. Johnson, Manager. 18 Barclay St., R.Y. d iMiggyoiiMVfii j | Minifaa a a DOC BUYERS' GUIDE, n *Colored plotos, 1OO engravlnjm B of different breeds, prices they are | I VjBworth, and where to buy them [J I Mailed for 15 Cent*. f ^ XT ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, jj it 837 8. Eighth St. Philadelphia, Pa. gj IV VuU.N i WHITEKSA.SU TEACHERS.?To de * L velop latent literary talent In scholar* and recent _ iftlunt'K ambtiluus to become professional writers. ? ;urUs. sketches, poetry, witty an i original exprc*- B urn; will l>e pubii.-hed every Saturday in American E ifc i."km. Co operation of teachers soltote I. Cor ;spomiencc wanted In e ry s hool. Simple free. ? ii(lre-s American Life, 73 lb e riouse, K. Y. flfl - "- s ? n?w nnd reliable complla- I 1 HlHth t'on of 1.000 Cooking and Bakinc Reccipes. mailed on eceipt of 25 ccnta in stamp;. Address. GEO. R. BEM.OVV8. 23 N. Holliday St. Baltimore, Md. iBSTOFSSTOOTH POWDER Leeping Teeth Perfect and Gums Healthy. IDIIIIi Hnblt Cured. Treatment sent on trial Irium HUMANE REMEDY CO.. LaFavette. Ind pSSLICl I renntn* oaiu? Don't waste your moaer on at Hituup?d with lh? tbor* absolutely unltr and win.1 raw T?Ana mm. Afklorthe^FISII BKAKD" ?u : I D D "S if i.n.n. HeB .j| from one to twenty minute*, never fills to n- -$S re 1'AIN with one tnorouirh application. No mat. liow violent or excruciating the pain, the Rhea> tic, Bedridden, latlrm. Crippled, Nervous, Ne?- vfti glc. or prostrated with (lipase may suffer. RAD-' (?3a LY'S READY RELIEF will afford instant ease. owel Complaints, DYSENTERY, Diarrhoea, Cholera Morbus. t will. In a few minutes. wh?n taken Intern all/, oniing todlrectlotis, cure Cramps. Spasms, Sou vffl itnach. Heartburn, Sick Headache. SUMMKB M PLAINT, Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Colic. Wind la '.il s Bowels, and all internal pains. THE TRUE RELIEF. tADWAY'S READY RELIEF Is the only remedial rVl !Bt In vogue mat win insuniiy stop pun. ism- ijj ntly relieves and soon cures Headache, whether ijB k or nervous. Toothache, Neuralgia. Nervousness ' ys i Sleeplessness. Rheumatism, Lumbaro. Pains . . **31 1 Weakness lit the Back. Spine or Kiflneys, Pains - ; a mnd the Liver, Pleurisy. Swelling of the Joints. -'.r3 rains. Urtilsps. Bites or Insects, and Pains of all ..<3 idK, RADWAY'S READY KKL1EK will afford lm? *3 dlate ease, and It* continued use for a few day? ect a pormeut cure. ALAR IA IN ITS VARIOUS F0RN1 :W FEVER AND ACUE. "here Is not a remedial agent In the world that wtll re Fever and Ague and all other Malarious, BQ> rtsH is. Scarlet and other Fevers (aided by RADWAY'S LL8>so quick as RADWAY'S RKADY RELIEF. Price Fifty Cent*. Sold by Druggists. "dr. radwats (The Only Genuine) tRSAPMUU RESOLVENT! J The Great Blood Purifier, "or cure of all chronic diseases, Scrofula, Blood 'vf$ Inu Syphilitic Complaints, Consumption. Glandir Disease. Ulcers, Chronic Rneumatlsm. Erystjru. Kidney, Bladder and Liver Complaint*. Dvspola. Affections of the Lungs and Throat, pur 10m e Blood, restoring health and vlgot i fgm THE SKIN, ter a few days' use of the SarsaparllUan. become* flaf car and beautiful. Pimples. Blotches, Black Spots id skin Eruptions f re removed; Sores and Ulcer* 'Jf on cured. Persons suffering from Scrofula, Erup- ', 81 re Diseases of the eyes, mouth, ears, lees, throat '.:'M id glands, that have accumulated ana spread, . ther from uncured diseases or mercury, may rely ' 'Zm >on a cure if the Sarsaparilllan Is continued a fSj indent time to uiake Its Impression on th* system, . ' Sold fey Druggists. SI per Bottle. >R. RADWAY'S PILLS M The Great Liver and Stomach Rem id/ ^r the rnre of all disorders of the Stomach. LItw. '.vSj awels. Kldnsv*. Bladder. Nervous Diseases. Loss of SlVBU Dlietlt*. Headache, Costiveness, Indigestion, BU- L S ?3| usnes*. Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, PllM Jg id all deraugementa of the Internal Viscera. Pure- V^SH vegetable, containing no mercury, pilnerals or ileterlons drugs. Price 25 cants per box. Sold by all drumrltt*. WSend ? letter stamp to DR. RADWAY dc '\3 O., No. 32 Warren StTeet, New York, fat False and True." VBE SURE TO GET RAP WAY'S. ;#|1 NTH U?39 IA I I nil Is Really BEAU- v'a| JII I II 11 V Ti-fc'UJj witnont a .sH II I llllf CLEAR, WHTHB lU LflU I COMPLEXION. Tkl? Great Aaerlcan I ill? . . j r rj *A A (I % hr B?.tlryt?j th* t'mpis* i&M 1['X> un u4 hmIUc u? sua, "pZXyOTIJsl^J I'oa largo extent conceals U?B the evidence of aye. A few vTS WyrgSiY m g.?f -life* smooth and white. It 1* no? 3 i#Nl2?8& II lV[v/ * *nd Ly so dolnif create<tl?ease of the skin, such aa vJB ^Q9fiK?f llinples, etc.. bnt Is a pai>- -3VI fectly clear liquid: a vat V3 S/ JBaA tSBMs uable discovery that causae ' . > wfl the cheek to plow w? ,?gj healUi and rivnl Oitf^llgjla , ^ YgQWHapAflklr to detect in the hrauity B - BMW confers. It cures Oi'y Stla. . $ 9S flinplrs, Freckles. Hlotchaa, Face Grubs, Black Head* . ?S5j RSMy Sunburn, Chnpped Hands v-~ oWW and Face, Itch, ^Tl L * etc. It frees the pores, oil - ? TJilin rv,-<? (Hands. and tubes of toe >j? PnMPl-f' 1 from ^8 injurious*- T4B DE^ ,Jt? t^DMr -Ift. ? fect* #f powder* and o? > . iMaal metic washes containing - ' V sdlmeiit, wlul? It OeautiHea the *kin, girimr It thai vjffi talllir, natui-al and youthful appearance which It la la- (?& uMJble to olitain by any other meant It It conceded by - .jH jnnoimeur* In the art to be the belt and sa/ast beautllUr .'IS lie wurld ever produced. . y<3jM For ml* by Drug-gists and Fancy Goods Dealers. 1. M. SCOn & CO,, Philadtlphia, Pa. M ASK FOB THE W. L. DOUGLAS 1 Beat material, perfect fit, eqcali any IS or|8aho?. J very pair warranted. Take none anlett stamped ' W. JL Douglas' 13.00 Shoe. Warranted." Conir?. ,, '-J Jution and Lace. Boys oak '? 'or the W. L. Douclaa' 12.00 Shoe. Same atyTea as Vw'/'*" ] he 00 Shoe. If yon cannot Jfa : 3f rettheae aboeafrom deal* -'A/ jj :r?.aend addreaaon postal ? >M ?9 :ard to W. L. 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Plates hhowiag ow to Tell the Age of liorset. Sent postpaid foe i ceota In itampa. K. Y. HORST? BOOK CO.. 134 Leonard St., N. 1. City. FACE, HANDS, FEET, aad all tbtlr imp?rftctio*?. locludS* Fidaf, uSfc Sui*r*toui flair, Birth H U .Jf Molt*, Warta, Moth, Frwkla*, Had Nnaa, Aoa, kIKS'TC?? ?iark Hm^. Scan, PfttW^ ^ Dr. JOHN H. WOUDruim IV*. r??HSt.i!bi.T,5.T. Eit'b'ilS-O. Stodlfe. forWak. . V/2 Hi HH ; >?. <& tflMKSWHHEALl EISETAUS. jjH Beat Cough Syrup. TaMes good. t>e H |q in time. Sold br druRristn. bi * MJtlJMIiaiAijHfBffll 11 aim'a DSII a Great English Goutaat Hall S rillS. RhaumaUc Remtdj. Oval Box 51.00) round, 50 ct*. | to Soldiers Ic Heirs. sxriiJ xt&cw 'fiflQBAIIC r r Ulreularj. tOL. tSlSOvllwlUllv HAM. Att'jr, vVashln?c ?a, D. a. m O nat UK4-i i-ad la ^ thenlca v?i tit c.i\t *i .^^C.rwIa^H jeme-lis . ai.l ? ?* (ivta TO S DATS ucivit,.. .. itUo ^ n?.riRtMd .At taoaeSlrtetar*. ? JiLKP.IY u".05? H I'.ns Tec I^H Mrd ooIt by ti? o hat iron tlie lit or ot / the pu'jlic and now ranks Cainiol Co. among the leading McdiCineinnatl.HHHI culc,^f the o IJp:n?hio. " B?.ir,.. .1. Pv ^ Soldb r Dru^isls, ipn IsTlieBest I r K Waterproof Goat iVta!! Erer Made. pirn or rubber coat. TheFIBH BRAND SI.IC1CE1I >r, and will keep jrou drr in tha hardest ttonn icui and take no otber. If your itorekeepar doei ^^^^^^OWER^J^lmmonaSt^ojtonJJaia < .